Mehmet C. Oz's Blog, page 68

Does Hormone Replacement Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Don't let the headline-grabbing new study about hormone therapy (HT) and breast cancer come between you and the pills that are cooling your hot flashes, helping you sleep, and lighting up your sex life again.

A Spiritual Life for Better Living

Your spiritual health is somehow hardwired to your physical well-being. A good connection helps your heart and blood vessels, your brain, your immune system, and even your anxiety levels. Here's how spirituality helps.

Calcium Supplements: Calcium Absorption Is Key

How important is it to take calcium supplements with meals? I've read that calcium citrate doesn’t need to be taken with food but calcium carbonate does. Is this true?

How Much Sleep Do I Need?

I've been a short sleeper since I was a child. Now, at 57, I rarely sleep more than 6 hours.

How to Stop Biting Nails? Habit Reversal

How can I break a lifelong nail-biting habit? I'm 43, and I've passed my gross habit on to my 3- and 5-year-olds. I can't help my kids if I can't stop.

New Weight Training Program for Gaining Muscle

New research shows you'll get as good or (yes!) better results repeatedly lifting a light weight until you can't do any more as you will straining to do 8 reps with a weight you can barely budge.

Get Natural Pain Relief with Ginger

Ginger tastes great and hides a quartet of substances that battle pain much like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs do (aspirin, ibuprofen, and other NSAIDs).

Best Way to Lose Belly Fat: Sleep More

Dieters who slept 8.5 hours a night lost twice as much fat AND held on to nearly twice as much muscle as those who scraped by on 5.5 hours of slumber.

Walking for Weight Loss? Take 10,000 Steps

Want a sexier six pack, better blood pressure, and the energy of a 20-year-old? All you gotta do is take 4,883 more steps a day.

Best Way to Quit Smoking for Good

We do NOT want you to stop smoking cold turkey today. Wait a month. Why would two docs say that?